[Trevor]

On 14/05/2017 11:05 PM, John Williamson wrote:
LAME has been doing a very good job of producing MP3 compatible files
for a long time now, and is available for all platforms except, maybe,
Apple.

What will mainly be affected are small hand held recorders, if the
makers are licencing the mp3 production software and hardware from
Technicolor. Companies like Zoom will either have to find another way to
encde the files or start using other formats, which opens a wjole can of
worms for playback, as most players are firmware enabled for .mp3 or
.wav only.

What have I missed? Why should Zoom need to stop providing MP3 recording
and playback? Not that I have EVER used my Zoom to record in MP3 anyway.
(can easily convert later if needed, and I don't need to record days at
a time onto one card.)
It does make a nice MP3 player though. Rather have one than any iPod.

Trevor.